Ink-roller



NITE STATES 'PATEN T OFFICE.

A. A. HANSCOM, OF SACO, MAINE.

INK-ROLLER.

Speccation of Letters Patent No. 20,710, dated June 29, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPI-Inns A. HANS- ooM, of Saco, in the county ofYorke and State of Maine, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hand Inking-Rollers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The nat-ure of my invention consists in suspending and adjusting theinking roller in a rolling frame in the manner that will be hereinafterdescribed.

That those skilled in the arts may use and manufacture my invention Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, Fig. 2 is an endview, Fig. 3 a top view of the cross frame of the carriage.

B, is the inking roller. C represents a carriage in which this roller issuspended the triangular pieces (ci d) being a p0rtion of said carriagein which are secured the small wheels (e e) 0n which the carriage rolls.Screws are secured to the upper portion of these triangular pieces (CZCZ) which pass through the connecting crosspiece as seen in Fig. 1 andare made fast by means of nuts (o). These pieces may be made adjustable,the screw of one working in the slot (i) for the purpose of bringing thewheels nearer together so that the carriage may be adjusted to suitdifferent sized frames for forms.

(m m) are rods, which are provided with screws (a at their upperextremity pro vided with holes at their lower extremity, into which passthe small shafts in the ends of the roller B.

(S) is a piece of metal of the peculiar form herein shown of which, ss', are part-s, and through which the rod passes.

(n) is a plate provided withascrew, which screw passes through thecrosspiece C, the carriage and metal piece (S), and by means of nut (u)secures said piece, S, to the carriage. The screw of plate works in theslots, h h., thus allowing the roller to beadjusted longitudinally.

(c c) are nuts which pass over the screws (c a) and by means of whichthe roller is adjusted vertically.

In the operation of this roller it will be seen that the wheels (e e)roll upon the frame in which the form is placed and these wheels may bebrought closer together to suit the size of the frame. The inking rollerbeing provided with ink is lowered by means of nuts (c c) on to thetype. The operator then by taking hold of the handles (g g) may roll thecarriage backward and forward over the type until suiiciently inked.

The advantages of this arrangement are many: among them the followingwill readily occur to a practical printer:

l. The roll moves more easily over the form: because the force whichpropels it is not constantly pressing it more heavily upon the type, andbecause it touches nothing but the type, and does not fall into openspaces in the form, such as occur between the pages in a book form.

2. It prevents the too hard pressing of the types into the ink roll(when soft) and consequent inking of their sides below the face, whichinking tends to make a foul impression, and has always been a perpleXityto the printer, especially in working open forms, such as blanks. Byapplying the ink solely to the face of the type, this roller enables thepressman to obtain a clean impression upon the paper.

3. It prevents the cutting of the composition of the roll when used onopen or rule work enabling the printer to work the most diflicult formsof this sort as easily as commoln forms, and with as little injury tothe rol 4. The roll will keep clean much longer; for it cannot fall uponthe furniture (wood &c. by which the types are locked up) and gatherupon its surface the dust or dirt thereon.

5. It saves ink; because it applies ink only to the face of the types,Where it is wanted which is not generally the case with the commonroller.

6. It prevents the smutting of the margins of the paper when no frisketis used; because not inking the furniture, there is no ink thereon tosmut the margins.

7. It admits of the same graduation of the pressure of the ink roll uponthe ink table which it does upon the types, and may thus facilitate t-hedistributing of the ink upon the roll, and prevent tearing thecomposition of the roll when soft and sticky.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is* l. Theemployment of the several parts specified for the purpose of adaptingthe carriage to different sized forms, as set forth.

2. Suspending the inking roller (B) in the rolling` carriage (C)constructed in the manner herein set forth; and regulating,

.and statoning said roller by means of screws (a a) and nuts (o c) forthe purpose of making an adjustable hand roller for inking type, thepeculiarities and advantages of which, are herein fully described.

ALPHEUS A. HANSCOM. Witnesses:

JOSEPH L. RICHARDS, CHAS. FRED TOWLE.

